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Tell me about yourself or brief your CVthis is the most common question irrespective of any

job opening.

You can start with your education background (if your score is good then mention percentage else not

required :--)

Your certifications (not mandatory)

Your knowledge on Business Analysis

Activities you carried / involved during your college days (like seminars, workshops)

Your knowledge on domains (if you know else not a problem!!)

Your academic projects (do not explain in-detail, you can explain in-detail when specific question is

asked to explain your project).

Some personal details (only at higher level like your family and hobbies. Note: keep it simple, do not

tell stories)

[When this question is asked, interviewer will be interested to knowyour education, mainly your

communication level, team player and knowledge level.]

What are your strengths and weakness?

Explain your strengths like (if you are) punctual, flexible, smart working, smart thinking. You may beasked with one more question to defend your strengths with an example. So be prepared, just do not

tell punctual, smart etc for answering sake.

Weaknessvery important thing you should keep in mind. NEVER EVERbluff by portraying your

strength as weakness. Like I am hard worker I cannot sit idle, I am very punctual and when others

are not punctual I get irritated these sorts of things will be told you in soft skill classes but it is very

wrong. You should mind that, interviewer would have passed all these stages and he/she will know all

the gimmicks. Interviewer can easily make out that you are bluffing. So be honest for this question.

LikeI was bad in time management and I am working constantly to improve my time management

from past 3 months and I am improved as of now and shortly I will overcome this weakness.

You should tell your weakness and followed by your actions to overcome that weakness.

Explain your projects?

You know the answer. You can be cross-questioned on the projects as well so be prepared.

Whats the key differentiating factors that you have, that makes you eligible?

This question sounds like again asking strengths but you need to answer smartly. You need to portray

your Business Analysis skills, team player skills, domain knowledge and strengths. The overall Idea is

to know how you stand out from other candidates.


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Do you know SDLC / Explain SDLC in brief?

You need to be perfect for this question. I have already written on SDLC you can go through or if you

have referred some other books as well, it is fine to say that answer. Important point is reading the

SDLC in books if different and understanding the SDLC is different. So understand SDLC

properly it will help you in interview.

Name different types of SDLC models?

Waterfall, Iterative Methods, V-Model, Spiral Model, Prototyping, Agile methods

You can be asked to explain any particular SDLC model or can be asked to explain the difference

between any of the SDLC models. Please refer Google or any standard books for this else the page

you are reading will become 100 pages J .

What are the roles and responsibilities of a Business Analyst?

I have written article on this (in same websiteyou can refer) or if you have different information on

this question you can go ahead with that.

Do know QA or testing cycle?

I have written article on this (in same websiteyou can refer) or if you have different information on

this question you can go ahead with that.

Name the skills which Business Analyst should have?

Good Listener , Quick & continuous learner, Analytical skills, problem solving approach, thinking

beyond the box, tech savvy (can keep updating what are the latest technologies released in market

and how those are important). Team or people management, solid communication, documenting skills

(written English), team player, devising new solutions, market research etc (if know some more you

can add).

You can be told some scenario and asked to act as Business Analyst and collect requirements

(interviewer will act as client).

This will be scenario based question like, I am running xyz business and I want to build software, as a

business analyst what do you suggest? So you need to be prepared for these sorts of questions.

You can be told some scenario or business case and asked to write possible requirements on a

sheet of paper.

Again, this depends on scenario so be prepared for this. Preferably with requirements plot use case

diagram, activity diagram. (I will write about use case, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, and data

flow diagrams very shortly. For now you can search in Google you will get results)

What do you think about challenges faced by Business Analyst?


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Change management is the biggest challenge because this happens in real time as well. After

requirements stage when development is started client will come-up some changes or enhancements.

Cross departmental or cross team managementlike conflict management between teams. Also

individuals. This requires soft skills and smartness.

Communication problemsIn real time this can happen. You might be good in speaking and

understanding the English language. BUT sometimes it happens like Different people across the globe

speak different style of English. In USA itself Mexico people speak English differently. Romans

speak different English. So at initial level to understand the accent can be a challenge but after some

time you will become perfect.

What is your understanding on Risk and Issue?

Risk is something which can be forecasted and can be handled by formulating mitigation plans.

Risk which happened is called Issue. There will be contingency management or issue management to

solve issue. Basically we will be not solving the issue but will try making Damage control and take it

as learning for other projects.

What would you do if you haven't received all the required signoffs on phase documentation

submitted for approval?

Highlight risk management process - how to flag these? Resolution - of such scenarios, by working

alongside PM

What is CMMi and explain the levels?

This is there in your college syllabus. Be prepared.

What is Project management? Do you have any idea?

This is there in your college syllabus. Be prepared.

Some managerial sort of questions will be asked to test your management skills.

Likeyou had a project delivery and your team was not able to meet deadline. How do you handle

the situation?

On repeatedly tellingone of your team member is not punctual due this your team is facing the

problems. How will you handle?

There can be N number of such cases. Be prepared.

Also do not forget the Interview basics. Be dressed well. Guys with Formals, neatly shaved, have

wrist watch. Switch-off your mobile phone, Have pen with you.


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Business Analyst Interview QuestionDear Friends.I am sharing you my interview exp with you. Theseare some question, whichdefiantly help you out in BA Interview.Basically an interviewer may askdifferent questions but he/she will try to check outsome of the following skills only: -

Confidence level

Logical thinking

Consistency in your answers.

Leadership


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Problem solving skills.

Temperament

Business understanding

Ability to prioritise activities as per situation.1.Introduce yourself including your main jobresponsibil i ty in last organization.2. How do yo u do req ui re men tg a th e r in g . 3 . W h a t s t e p s y o u f o l l o w in r e q u i r e m e n t g a th e r i n g 4 . W h a t i sr e q u i r e m e n t e l i c i t a t i o n p r o c e s s 5 . W h a t a r e t h e m e th o d s o f r e q u i r e m e n tel ic i ta t i on ? 6.For a business analyst what are the essential skills?7.Which documentsyou prepared during requirement gathering and what arethere contents.8 . W h a t i st r a c t a b i l i t y m a t r i x ? 9 . W h a t i s b u s i n e s s ? 10.What is businesspr ocess?11.Give me a real example of business process from your daily life12.How do youensure the real requirements13.How do you handle the change requirements14.As a BA whichfunction you found the most crucial /difficult to handle.15.Which tool you used as a

BA.16.What is USE case s17.What is Actor? (May ask do draw use case diagram of a particularsystem)18.Suppose you have developed the software as per the clients requirements, butnow the

client has changed the requirements, how do you handle the situation.19.What documents youpr epared .20. What are th e conten ts in SRS?21 .Br ief me ab ou t SDLC.22.As a BA how manySDLC phases you involved. brief your role in each andevery phases clearly and what documents youprepared in every phase.23.What is multi tenancy?

24.What is SaaS .25.In which module you worked.26.Please brief me your role inmaterial mgmt.27.What is your strength and weakness?28.Why should I selectyou?29.And how will you contribute in our organization30.Please describe your role in ERPImplementation.31.What are the phases in ERP Implementation?32.How will you react indeadlock sit uat ion /33 .What is Gap Analysi s?34.How do you do gap analysis, can you

describe through example.35.Can you draw the DFD of online shopping model?36.How do youint eract with your technical team?37.How do you define the costing of any work?38.What are

your hobbies?39.What satisfied you?40.What your future plan.41.Why you are lookingfor change.42.How many employees were in your last organization.43.What documents you passedto the technical team.44.Which was your most difficult assignment you worked and why itwasdifficult for you .how did you handle it.45.What is e-commerce?46.What are the essent ialqual it ies of a e commer ce websi te .47.Which is the most important feature of a online shopping

portal to attractcustomers.48.if you have to launch a pen ( of avg quality and no brand name )throughMLM . What would be your strategy?49.If you have to launch a product for online sale whichis no longer available for online shopping. What would be your strategy?50.Which is the mostexciting moment of your life.51.Are you a team player? pls justify with an Example.52.How yourate yourself in programming.53.database concepts .


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1.What is business analysis?One should not restrict the BA role to only being a link between Non-It and IT or onlyfor development projects.A BA is someone who is able to bring in improvements, changes

(technology, process, peopleetc.) in an efficient manner. So a BA could be part of the marketing teamwho helps themarketing team in providing estimates/high level solutions for a said project which is

under the process of procurement. Or he could be someone involved during theRequirementgathering/analysis once the project is initiated. Or he could be someone who brings profitto thecompany by performing process improvement activities ROIs at process level.Last but not theleast BAs could be domain specific as well.For more BA Questions, Sample Resumes and Open Jobsplease visit

5.What analysis and modeling techniques do you use to translate business objectivesinto system requirements?Create project-initiation diagrams including business use cases, activity diagrams, workflow
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diagrams, flowchartsDetermine project scope and derive context diagrams and project use cases fromthe business

diagramsDetail the use cases by using activity diagrams or other techniques

Create high level analysis dataflow diagrams, domain class diagrams, and entity-relationship

diagrams from the use cases or other high level diagramsRecognize and understand the variousdesign models, including the other relevant types of

UML diagrams, detailed design entity-relationship diagrams, and decomposeddataflowdiagramsDetermine when to use which modeling technique, following them through a projectlife

cycle, and understand which diagrams are derived from othersUnderstand the basic concepts ofnormalization and decomposition so can converse

intelligently on the topic and review diagrams that have been normalized or decomposedFor moreBA Questions, Sample Resumes and Open Jobsplease

visit:http://futurethoughtsllc.com/InterviewQuestionsandAnswers.aspx6.Mention some of the tools commonly used by business analyst?There might be various tools that you as a business analyst would be using depending upon theworkenvironment.The primary tools are:MS-Office (Especially Word)MS-Visio (for visualizing theconcepts, creating diagrams)But a lot of bigger organizations have been using Rational Software.

Rational software licensingis expensive so you might not find it being used everywhere.RationalRequisite Pro (for Requirement Management)Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest (For changemanagement)I have also found that some places like using MS-SharePoint, telelogic DOORS andother toolsfor document collaboration. I would say, keep a working knowledge of MS SharePoint, atleast.Sometimes you might end up being a BA com QA. As such, it is nice to have a

workingknowledge of creating Test cases, using Load Runner, QTP etc.
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Except for these tools if you have knowledge of RDBMS, Oracle, SQL, different operatingsystems,some OOP, it is always a plus.For more BA Questions, Sample Resumes and Open Jobspleasevisit:http://futurethoughtsllc.com/InterviewQuestionsandAnswers.aspx7 . E x p l a in e q u iv a l e n c e c l a s s ?Equivalence class a mathematical concept is a subset of given set induced by anequivalencerelationonthat given set. (If the given set is empty then the equivalence relation is empty andthere are noequivalence classes; otherwise the equivalence relation and its concomitantequivalence classes are allnon-empty.) Elements of an equivalence class are said to beequivalent under the equivalence relationto all the other elements of the same equivalence class.For each equivalence relation there is acollection of equivalence classes. Any two differentequivalence classes are disjoint and the union overall of the equivalence classes is the given set.Equivalence classes and their corresponding equivalencerelation are defined in set theory a vitalfoundation for mathematics and those fields that usemathematics. More details can be found in astudy of equivalence relation.For more BA Questions,Sample Resumes and Open Jobspleasevisit:http://futurethoughtsllc.com/InterviewQuestionsandAnswers.aspx8.What are the problems solved by business analysis?As a BA the most critical part is in gathering requirements (we should understand them very wellfrom

a Business User /stake holder point of view!!!)Reason: There might be a chance for the whole projectto go in the wrong path due to wrongunderstanding of the Business users/ Stake holders needs and

the gathered requirements createdfor the work following that step i.e. going from A to C instead ofgoing from A to B. Notes: (Business Users: are the individuals who work in organizations in differentdepartmentslike Logistics accounting finance Inventory) in the company who wanted the software inPlacefor them to work on to help the Customers.Stake Holders: Someone who is related to theProject? 2 types of People are involved:Direct Stake holders: business end users customers developers

tech team.Indirect stake holders: management etc.The Project Manager responsibility (usually)identifies the stakeholders determine their needsand expectations and more important must manageand take their help for the project success.

(You should Understand them well to provide them with right service for the right success oftheproject)...SMEs: are the Subject Matter Experts who know about that project and have in-depthknowledge about that software application used and that particular business domainknowledgelike Finance (terms and permutations etc.) Accounting (Business Planning LedgermaintainingForecasting) Mortgage (Local banking rules Knowledge about compliancy of applicationsforms/applications that needs the authorizations of the local Government bodies orcountiesUnderwriting conditions (How flexible the Loan lending organizations at the individualscreditcheck or History)So The SMEs help the Project Manager or BA to help them understand aboutthe necessities or needs of the Business Users or Stake holders like/interests- (How the Project helpsave time for the transactions or? how much secure/security is needed the application wise or

profitable over long run) and SMEs explain How the Stakeholders or Business Users want theapplication to beor appear to be for the Customers or Business Users).For more BA Questions,Sample Resumes and Open Jobspleasevisit:http://futurethoughtsllc.com/InterviewQuestionsandAnswers.aspx9.What is the difference between data

modeland an entity relationship

diagram?A data model is a model which shows how data is stored and used for e.g. a normal database Ithas 3main parts1)Structural part:- how data is structured2)Integrity part:- Rules

governingstructure3)Manipulation part:- operators used to select,update,querry thatdata,egselect,update,delete commands in sqlTo furhter add Data Modelling is when we add this
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theoryto Live instance.ENTERPRISE DATA MODEL(ENTERPRISERELATIONSHIPMODELING) :- This can be called as an conceptual model or semantic model Thesub parts of an ERM are1)Entity:- It is an object,eg employees,computer2) Relationship:- It captureshowtwo or more entities are related to each other3)Attributes:- Every entity has its own setsof attributes (e.g. PAN no in India for each employee or SSN in US)To clarify the point look at egAemployee is an entity belonging to entity sets(All employees) which has a relationshipwithdepartment, and attributes is emp codeFor more BA Questions, Sample Resumes and Open Jobsplease visit:http://futurethoughtsllc.com/InterviewQuestionsandAnswers.aspx10.Who uses the output produced by business analyst?The output will be used by the Both IT and Non-It People, as IT people use this document as keyforthe building of the application and Non - It people use those document where they can see prototypeof their application.
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